Once again it's April and time to get ready for Record Store Day! The idea of a special holiday was hatched by a Bull Moose Records employee over 12-years ago and was intended to get people excited about the idea of visiting their local independent record shop. You really don't have to convince me to do that. Any rainy weekend afternoon is more than good enough reason to spend a few hours flipping through the stacks of vinyl, looking for gems. Record Store Day 2019 happens

Hello and welcome to another edition of Knock Knock: New Music! I'm your host, Kristen Eck. Record Store Day was Saturday and I had a great time visiting one of my my favorite old haunts: Spinnaker Records in Hyannis. I got a hold of the new Florence + The Machine single I was talking about last week and the double-picture-disc repressing of The Cure’s 1990 “Mixed Up” album. My first artist this week is Bodega. They're a five-piece post-punk band out of Brooklyn, New York. T

Hello again, I'm Kristen Eck and welcome to for Fun-4-Friday! Obviously tomorrow is Saturday. But it's not just any Saturday, it's Record Store Day! Celebrated in the U.S. and 10 other countries on the third Saturday in April, this holiday celebrates the independent record store. It was first conceived in 2007. 2018 is the 10th year there have been special releases made for the day. Do you know what the world's first record store was? It was a little shop called Spiller's

Why hello there! I'm Kristen Eck... Welcome to a new week and a new episode of Knock Knock: New Music! I have some exciting news to share with you and it involves one of my favorite artists: Florence + The Machine! I saw her put on an incredible show on her 2012 tour and her third album, "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" was my favorite record of 2015. Today, I'm delighted to share a new single with you. It's called "Sky Full Of Song." In a statement from singer/mastermin